Top Comic Book Sales for April 2017 | Comic Spectrum

If you’re Marvel, then yes, shipping 93 comics, many of which are $4.99, when your biggest competitor is shipping 78 comics, at least half of which are $2.99, will always help your chances in being the market leader — especially when you’re playing the 1st issue onslaught game that retailers have absolutely no choice in playing if they want to continue to generate revenue. — Comic Book Fetish

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER

COMICS SHIPPED

GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED

MAGAZINES SHIPPED

TOTALSHIPPED

MARVEL COMICS

93

41

0

134

DC ENTERTAINMENT

78

33

1

112

IMAGE COMICS

57

11

1

69

IDW PUBLISHING

47

15

0

62

DARK HORSE COMICS

20

21

0

41

BOOM ENTERTAINMENT

26

12

0

38

VIZ MEDIA

0

30

0

30

TITAN COMICS

23

2

1

26

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

15

6

0

21

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

12

3

0

15

OTHER NON-TOP 10

108

112

31

251

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